Research Article
The Influence of Different Acupuncture Manipulations on the Skin Temperature of an Acupoint
Table 1
The changes of volunteers’ HR (in [1/min]) during the experiment (
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| | Before acupuncture | Needle insertion | Needle manipulation | Needle removal | After acupuncture |
| Sham acupuncture | 71.03 ± 9.04 | 68.50 ± 8.29* | 68.15 ± 7.84 | 66.79 ± 7.32 | 67.82 ± 8.04 | Lifting-thrusting | 73.68 ± 8.88 | 69.84 ± 9.93* | 69.43 ± 8.69 | 69.95 ± 9.71 | 71.22 ± 11.01* | Twisting-rotating | 69.54 ± 11.47 | 65.27 ± 12.28* | 66.89 ± 10.80 | 67.32 ± 9.63 | 67.32 ± 11.50* |
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